My first stop was Aldi, where I picked up a box of their Specially Selected Double Chocolate Brownie Mix ... instructions ...

I added mixed all of the ingredients together, and, similar to Pillsbury's directions ... and like the Ghirardelli brownies, this mix also had chocolate chips in it — though these were miniature.

And while I prefer homemade brownies, if I had to choose my favorite boxed mix, it would be Ghirardelli ... chocolate chips, cocoa, and soybean oil as the first ingredients). Then I noticed that the ...